Tube holder



Jan. 23, 1940. I 'E,+ M ORE 2,188,227

TUBE HOLDER Filed March 23, 1958 7, MOO/Q5 INVENTOR.

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Patented Jan. 23, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,188,227 TUBE HOLDEREugene Theophilus Moore, Miami, Fla. Application March 23, 1938, SerialNo. 197,710

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a holder for tubes of tooth paste, shavingcream or the like, one of the objects being to provide a holder whichwill serve not only to support the tube but also to close it while it isbeing supported.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a holder whichmaintains the supported tube in position where it can be easily graspedand removed and to which it can be applied readily following theexpulsion of a portion of its contents.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character whichcan be manufactured at low cost and which can be set up readily for use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully describedand pointed out in the claims, it being understood that changes may bemade inthe construction and arrangement of parts without departing fromthe spirit of the invention as claimed. In the accompanying drawing thepreferred forms of the invention have been shown.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder showing a tube supportedand closed thereby.

Figure 2 is an enlarged transverse section through the upper portion ofthe holder and that portion of the container engaged thereby.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing a modified form ofholder.

Figure 4 is a similar view showing another modification.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference I designates anattaching plate or base having an outstanding shelf portion 2 in thebottom of which is formed a channel 3 the side walls of which convergeback toward the attaching plate I. The top wall of this channel ispreferably lined with a soft material such as a thin sheet of cork,rubber or the like indicated at 4. Each side wall of the channel 3 hastapered ribs 5 so tapered and positioned as to properly engagediametrically opposed portions of threads T on a collapsible container Csuch as employed for holding tooth paste or the like. The front or wideend of the channel 3 is of a Width greater than the diameter of thethreaded neck portion of the container so that said neck portion can beslid readily back into the channel until opposed portions of some of itsthreads are engaged by the adjacent ribs 5. Thus threaded necks ofdifferent diameters can be properly supported by nel until these threadsare firmly engaged by the the ribs. The tube is pressed back into thechanribs after which the tube is given a partial rotation so that thethreaded neck will be fed upwardly on the ribs until its open upper endis forced tightly against the lining of sealing material Consequentlythe container is complete- 5 ly closed. It is possible quickly to removethe container simply by giving it a partial unscrewing action and thensliding it forwardly.

Instead of providing the shelf portion 2 with a channel as shown at 3,it can be formed with 10 an opening 6 extending upwardly thereinto, thewall of the opening being screw-threaded so as to receive and engage thethreaded neck T of a container C. Where this construction is used it isnecessary to screw the neck upwardly into 15 the opening 6 to close thecontainer and to unscrew it completely from the opening in order toremove the container. The same is likewise true of the modificationshown in Figure 4 wherein, instead of providing a threaded recess, a 20threaded stud l" is extended downwardly from the shelf and is adapted toproject into and to be engaged by internal threads within the neckportion N of a modified form of container.

The holder can be made of any desired metal or plastic and obviously canbe manufactured and 25 sold at a low figure.

What is claimed is:

l. A holder of the class described including a shelf portion, means forattaching the same to p a supporting structure, there being a channel in30 the bottom of the shelf portion open at the bottom and at one end,the open end of the channel being of a width greater than the diameterof the threaded neck portion of a container to be supported, andsuperposed ribs upon opposed 35 walls of the channel for engagingopposed portions of the threads on container necks of differentdiameters.

2. A device of the class described including a shelf portion, means forattaching it to a sup- 40 port, a channel in the .bottom of said shelfportion open at the bottom and at one end and having straight side wallsconverging away from the open end, the width of the open end of the 45channel being greater than the threaded neck portion of a container tobe supported, sealing means carried by the top wall of the channel andextending from the open end to the closed end thereof, and ribsextending longitudinally of the walls of the channel for engagement withopposed portions of the threads on container necks of differentdiameters and constituting means for feeding any one'of said necksagainst the sealing means when its container is rotated. 55

EUGENE 'I'HEOPHHJUS MOORE.

